The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-05-28

teOric, from which cutting implements OF
rough charater were fashioned by savage
people. But few pieces OF meteoric iron
are found large enough TO be OF much |
practical use There are i'm the Smith
sonian Institution at Washington, two
large bodies Of this heaven-sent metal
which were on exhibition at the Centen-
NAL in 1876. They are ring shaped and
weigh, probably, three or four hundred
pounds each. Assays from them show
that they contained slightly more metal
ic iron than pig iron, and could be easily
forged in an ordinary blacksmith's fire.
Before the reduction ofore was invented,
man priced iron more than gold, for the
reason that it was far more scarce, and
the warrior or savage king who pos
sessed iron implements ofwar, orcutlery,
was fortunate indeed. Upon the inven-
ton OF the reduction OF ore came the be-
ginning 81 the Iron Age, in the latter part
OF which we are supposed TO live. Ores
are found i'm the Lake Superior basin in
all shapes and forms lSnown-sulphides
carbonates and oxides. More attention
is paid TO the oxides, because they are
very plentiful, near the surface, cheaply
mined, easily known and usually found in
large bodies or lenses. Sulphides are
commonly known as pyrites, and con-
tain copper and vitrol. Comparatively
little iron is directly produced from this
class Of ore, as no commercial success at
tends it's reduction. Carbonates lie deep
in the earth, far removed from the action
OF air and water, are gray, or almost
white in color, crystalline in shape, and
but little admixed with earthly matter.
From this comes the iron stone, or ar
gcllaceous iron ore, so largely found in
the north OF England A deep drill-hole
put down few years ago ON a line be-
tween the Lake Superior and Cleveland
mines, OF Ishpeming, struck n body of
carbonate OF iron, at great depth.
Some future day the workings OF those
mines may reach IL. The Cleveland, in
it's west end, is fast approaching that
region. This ore is not as high in iron az
the oxides, but when coal il cheap IL is
easily manipulated.
A find Of manganese is reported on lots
one and two, section twelve, 40-17,
Florence county. Messrs. w. A. Curry,
Richard Peters and John Morrison, OF
Florence, and Joseph Riley, OF Green
Bay, have been exploring there for iron
for some time. They noticed "A peculiar
looking rock that outcropped on the
north side Of the ridge which runs through
the property, and few days ago they
had specimens Of il analysed. They
claim that one analysis showed 55.71
per cent. OF manganese, with silica at 81
phosphorus at .012 and iron at LA.
Another analysis, il is said, showed co.
OS per cent. OF manganese, with silica
at 90 and phosphorus at .033. II is
stated that the out-crop is very large
and that it is all about rs the specimens
which have been analysed No such find
81 manganese has ever before been made
in the Lake Supplementary. Ore taken
from some of the Lake Superior iron
mines, notably the Colby, ON the Goge-
bic range, has been found to contain n
small percentage OF manganese, but here
tofore, most az the manganese used hae
been mined i'm Vagina, ON this side OF the
Atlantic, and in Spain, Sweden, Germany
Austria, in the old country. A few
months since, il was reported that man.
ganese had been found ON the st. CroiN
range, In this state, and il is quite GER
tain that some manganese was discov-
cred, but not in paying quantities, ior
nothing has been heard about IL since
II the opinions Of Messrs. Curry, Riley
Peters and Morrison prove 20 be well
founded, il will be fortunate thing, not
only for themselves, butfor the surround.
ing country. Manganese il principally
used in making spieglo iron and is great
deal more valuable than iron ore. The
commercial article il a black oxide oi
manganese, light in weight, technically
called pyrolusite.- Mining News.
The iron ore market is absolutely bar.
rem Of any feature Of interest, either in
the way Of transactions or movements ol
any kind. A leading dealer fifty ex-
presses the situation in the statement
that dealers have sold all they have 10
rell, and consumers have all that they re-
auire for their immediate wants, hence,
IT IL only TO be expected that the market